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A History Of English Literature. By A. Hamilton Thompson,...

(John Murray. 7s. 6d.)—This work, a solid volume of more than eight hundred closely-printed pages, is based on a manual written by Mr. Thomas B. Shaw. It has been more or less......

The Edwards In Scotland. By Joseph Bain. (d. Douglas,...

58. net.) — This volume contains six lectures delivered on the Rhind Foundation. The first is introductorY , and gives, among other things, an interesting account of the......

The Thirteen Colonies. By Helen Ainslie Smith. 2 Vole. (g.

P. Putnam's Sons. 12s.)—Miss H. A. Smith, after giving a chapter to the "Forerunners," from John Cabot onwards, takes the thirteen Colonies that joined in the Declaration of......

The Edinburgh Review.

Perhaps the best article in the new number of the Edinburgh Review is called" National Personality." What, the author asks, is the spirit of national personality ? Has it......

C Urrent Literature.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. The new number of the Quarterly Review is full of interest. The first paper, "Negro Nileland and Uganda," is delightful reading. Especially entertaining is......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of Cu. week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Reminiscences by Captain W. Hay, C.R. Edited by Mrs. C. J Wool.......